BIO: John A. Transue, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 417-418.
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  Transue, John A., was born on March 27, 1851, at Scot Run, Pocono 
township, Monroe County, Pa., being one of fourteen children. His 
parents were members of the German Lutheran Church and bitterly opposed 
to praying people, and especially the Methodists. He never attended 
school except in winter, and that privilege was not his after fourteen 
years of age. The longest winter's schooling he had was three months, 
and some winters there was no school at all. In November, 1866, he 
commenced teaching in the public schools, and taught until the middle 
of May, 1867. During the succeeding four years he alternated between 
teaching winters and working on the farm summers. From 1870 until 
joining the Conference in 1881 he taught most of the time.
  Under parental authority he was a member of the Lutheran Church from 
his sixteenth until his nineteenth year, when he joined the Evangelical 
Association, where he remained until twenty-five years of age. In 
February, 1876, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Paradise, 
Spragueville Circuit, Philadelphia Conference.
  When nineteen years of age he married Miss Rachel H. Bisbing, 
daughter of a Methodist class leader. This led him into an environment 
which led him to Christ. His father-in-law persuaded him to attend a 
camp meeting which was being held at Hinkel's Grove, Monroe County, Pa. 
Here, at 4 P.M., on August 20, 1872, he became a child of God. He held 
a local preacher's license five years, and supplied Mountain Top two 
years, before joining the Conference.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1881-83, Lackawaxen; 1884, 
Ouaquaga; 1885, Exeter and Schuyler's Lake; 1886-88, Paupack; 1889, 
Beach Pond; 1890-94, Carley Brook; 1895, Bethany; 1896-97, Wanamie; 
1898, Maple Grove; 1899-1901, Canaan; 1902-03, Cherry Ridge.